This chapter discusses the importance of avoiding food waste to prevent it from going to landfills, balancing providing for others with minimizing waste, and the necessity of conscious waste disposal decisions. Additionally, details about the podcast team, production process, and social media presence are shared.
In the middle of the 20th century, the small town of Jasper, Indiana did something that no other city had done before: they made garbage illegal. The city would still collect some things, like soup cans and plastics, but yucky junk, like food waste, wouldn't get picked up.
This change was made possible by a new appliance: the garbage disposer – that little grinding machine at the bottom of a lot of kitchen sinks.
The Monster Under the Sink